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810 ILCS 5/7-106

(810 ILCS 5/7-106)

Sec. 7-106. Control of electronic document of title.

(a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.

(b) A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:

(1) a single authoritative copy of the document

exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), unalterable;

(2) the authoritative copy identifies the person

asserting control as:

(A) the person to which the document was issued;

or

(B) if the authoritative copy indicates that the

document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;

(3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and

maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;

(4) copies or amendments that add or change an

identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;

(5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy

of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and

(6) any amendment of the authoritative copy is

readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.

(Source: P.A. 95-895, eff. 1-1-09.)